I purchased a really cheap pump action 12ga for mine.So far we have managed to shoot rabbits or hares for the pot on 75 percent of trips.It is good for the kids to do this and learn to process the catch

I have a goal that by the time my son and daughter are 10, they will be able to catch or shoot our meat and prep it and cook it for me.

felixx wrote:I purchased a really cheap pump action 12ga for mine.So far we have managed to shoot rabbits or hares for the pot on 75 percent of trips.It is good for the kids to do this and learn to process the catch

I have a goal that by the time my son and daughter are 10, they will be able to catch or shoot our meat and prep it and cook it for me.

I keep a complete set hanging in the galley as well as a full set in the Jeep. I also have a spare galley key tucked into the tongue box, along with a spare set of door keys. You see, I have this irrational fear of being locked out of my creation, and have gone to great lengths to ensure it doesn't happen. Even put a spare tongue box and galley key in my wife's purse, just in case!

I recently welded a couple pieces of 1-1/2" angle to the bottom of my trailer, sort of like this: I_ _I. I spaced them so that a couple of Rubbermaid bins could slide into them for keeping shoes in overnight, like drawers. Keeps shoes dry and out of the tear. I have one on each side, and one in the middle where I could keep various loose items out of sight (maybe a good place for a spare set of keys!).

Between trips, I keep everything stowed inside the tear so that I don't forget it in the haste to get on the road. That's one of the nice things about having a teardrop...a place for everything!

White paint. Extremely white paint on our camper keeps it as cool as a basement in the sun.A pop-up canopy with bug screen sides. The canopy is for shade and rain, the screen is so my wife thinks there are no moskitoes after dark.We have a florescent battery powered lantern that provides a nice diffused light inside the camper.No bag chairs! Our trip last year had both of us complaining about how uncomfortable those awful chairs can be. I just restored a directors chair, made a camp chair of questionable usefulness, and am designing another comfortable director's chair. Comfort is the whole idea of our bedroom on wheels.Build light. More mass does not mean more strength.

I agree with you on the white paint, but my friends tease me about my camper having all the aesthetic appeal of a soviet era apartment building.

One thing I think I need is a piece of outdoor carpet to put under each door, so the bin that holds the shoes doesnt get dirty on the bottom, and then you get a place to stand and put shoes on/off. We use the shoe bin as a step as well to get into and out of the camper too, so the carpet could easily fit inside during travel.

Otherwise, hooks. I cant get enough of em lately it seems. Hooks in the galley for utensils, hooks in the cabin for flashlights, hooks on the outside to hold towels, hooks, hooks, and more hooks!

learing about four wheeling campin last week. I am adding a inline 20 buck water filter to my tears galley trowed in water tight box......never know when gong to the lake for water can be a handy thing. slow

Plans. there was supposed to be plans to be followed when I built this thing. Opps! AH, gee, tum,tee tum. I think I forgot about the plans 2 years ago. ------Tow vehicles, 1995 ford explore, 1994 ford ranger, 1993 ford F-150, 2009 4x9 Off road teardrop, on harbor freight greatly modified frame.